Source for 4-40 acorn nuts (flexible staybolt caps)?

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Re: Source for 4-40 acorn nuts (flexible staybolt caps)?

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amadlinger wrote: Wed Nov 25, 2020 10:16 am I had a better(?) idea in the middle of the night and decided I had to try it. So I clamped a lathe tool in the vise of my 2.5-axis CNC Bridgeport, held the nut in the R8 collet, and made up a little program to do the work for me. Here's a video of the operation.

What do you think? Adam
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Re: Source for 4-40 acorn nuts (flexible staybolt caps)?

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Brilliant! And it will save you all the money you would have spent on psychological counseling needed after making 264 of them on the lathe. :lol:
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Re: Source for 4-40 acorn nuts (flexible staybolt caps)?

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Just like a mill turn...if it works ...go with it
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